Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger said there's no peace «except underground». What does the Mole decide now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Badger, peace, Mole · What happens: look back, say, be, decide · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger said there's no peace «except underground».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 said	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Badger	det
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 's	expl
12	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 peace	det
14	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 's	nsubj
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 underground	punct
16	except	except	ADP	_	17 underground	case
17	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 peace	amod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 underground	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Badger not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	the Badger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be	present	no peace	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What does the Mole decide now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 decide	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 decide	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Mole	det
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decide	nsubj
5	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 decide	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 decide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present · do-support	the Mole				now		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He decides that home underground is precious, and that he must stay below and never go up in the world again, whatever the Badger says

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 precious	mark
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 precious	nsubj
5	underground	underground	ADV	_	4 home	advmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 precious	cop
7	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 decides	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stay	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stay	cc
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 stay	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stay	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 stay	aux
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 says	ccomp
14	below	below	ADV	_	13 stay	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 go	cc
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 go	advmod
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stay	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 go	compound:prt
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 world	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 world	det
21	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl
22	again	again	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 says	punct
24	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 says	obj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Badger	det
26	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 says	nsubj
27	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decides	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	home			precious property	tree rules
3	stay	must	he			below property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not go up	infinitive	he not said here		again	in the world	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in world=Attribute
5	say speech: assert	present	the Badger	whatever			tree rules

Option 2

He thinks the world above is cruel, but still loves the wide road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 world	det
4	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cruel	nsubj
5	above	above	ADV	_	4 world	advmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cruel	cop
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 loves	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 loves	cc
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 loves	advmod
11	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
13	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 road	amod
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the world			cruel property	tree rules
3	love	present	He not said here	the wide road	still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus

Option 3

He decides underground is dull and that the Badger was right, so he will sell his house and move up to the river bank for ever

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 decides	nsubj
2	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	underground	underground	ADV	_	2 decides	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dull	cop
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 decides	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 right	cc
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 right	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Badger	det
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 right	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dull	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sell	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 sell	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sell	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 sell	aux
16	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decides	parataxis
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 house	nmod:poss
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sell	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 move	cc
20	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sell	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 move	compound:prt
22	to	to	ADP	_	25 bank	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bank	det
24	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 bank	compound
25	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 move	obl
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 ever	case
27	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	20 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	decide	present	He			underground property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is not said to happen	present	He not said here			dull property	tree rules
3	is	past	the Badger			right property	tree rules
4	sell	future	Badger	Badger's house			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
5	move up	present	Badger not said here		the river bank		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to bank=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Home underground is precious, but he must go back to the world above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Home	home	ADV	_	2 underground	advmod
2	underground	underground	ADV	_	4 precious	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 precious	cop
4	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 precious	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 go	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 world	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
14	above	above	ADV	_	4 precious	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						above, precious, underground property	tree rules
2	go back	must	he					to the world result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to world=Result

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